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Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: As the son of a trade union official, I begin by joining Deputy Duncan Smith in encouraging people to join, and be involved in, a trade union and to work towards the universal right to collective bargaining as a fundamental underpinning of workers' rights. I thank all Deputies who contributed to the debate. It is heartening that there was no voice against our legislative proposals. All the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Commission on Pensions (18 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will include representatives from organisations (details supplied) on the newly established Pensions Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37123/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service personnel eligible for the new loyalty bonus, that is, sea-going service commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36188/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered increasing the patrol duty allowance for sailors in line with other sea-going allowances paid to public servants as part of all efforts to retain sailors in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36189/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I know from previous experience of working with the Minister that he has a particular regard for the Naval Service and has been very supportive in the past. Even in the worst of times we were able to provide significant resources for new vessels for the Naval Service. In that context, I am sure he shares my dismay that some of the vessels that are provided to the Naval Service were required...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: When are they arriving?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of discharges currently pending in the Army, the Naval Service, the Air Corps and the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36187/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications, inductions and discharges in the Army, the Naval Service, the Air Corps and the reserve in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the developments that have taken place since the completion of the Reserve Defence Force skills survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 5 November 2020, if the eligibility for full incremental credit will be re-examined for a person (details supplied) who is currently employed in a school and who earned incremental credit in a school in Libya and was assured that this service would be fully credited to them; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow swimming lessons to recommence under level three Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36895/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to restore the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Dáil Order Paper; his plans to pursue the legislation as a Government Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Preparations (17 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, it is planned to reverse Ireland’s opt-out from the provisions of the EU justice and home affairs matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36834/20]

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: That is how lawyers make their money.

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I commend and congratulate Deputy Ó Laoghaire on bringing this legislation before the House. The Deputy has spotted a requirement to sort a gap in the 2004 Act. I remember there was a protracted debate about regulating the security industry through the late 1990s and right up to that period. People understood that there needed to be regulation, proper training and proper...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I cannot begin my contribution as I would normally begin discussion of a Bill by saying that I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak to this Bill because it is one that nobody in this House welcomes and it has been brought about by an event that is entirely damaging to this country and over which we have no control. We must mitigate that damage to the best of our ability. As the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe: Discussion (11 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: I join with others in expressing my gratitude for the comprehensive presentations from our three experts. We covered a lot of ground so I will not re-trample it but I want to get back to a very basic question. There is a difference of opinion - certainly of emphasis - in the presentations we have received relating to what the conference is for. Is it a bottom-up exercise asking the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Bereavement Leave (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 59. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to restore the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Dáil Order Paper; his plans to pursue this legislation as a Government Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34199/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ferry Services (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a ferry operator (details supplied) requires truck drivers to share cabins on its route from France to Ireland; his views on whether this is an acceptable health practice in view of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34209/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Nov 2020)

Brendan Howlin: 109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to a group (details supplied) that seem to be ineligible for any of the current supports other than the basic wage subsidies set out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34383/20]